Eclair Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Name: Eclair Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Prep time: 2 h 40 min
Cook time: 2 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 118 milliliters butter; 2 Tbsps confectioners sugar; 4 eggs; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 473 milliliters cold heavy whipping cream; 198 grams packages instant vanilla pudding mix; 473 milliliters cold milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters water

Eclair Cake with Chocolate Ganache might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 5g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 408 calories. This recipe serves 15. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have salt, milk, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

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Place a mixing bowl in the freezer to chill.

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Combine the water, butter, and salt in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and stir in the flour. Cook and stir until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Water

Salt

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Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl and beat in the eggs, one at a time, until fully incorporated.

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Egg

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Spread the dough evenly in the bottom of the baking dish.

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Spread

Dough

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Bake the pastry in the preheated oven until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. (The dough will rise and make a boat shape, but should drop as it cools.) Cool completely on wire rack.

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Dough

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Remove the chilled mixing bowl from the freezer and pour in 2 cups of cold whipping cream. Whip until the cream thickens, about 1 minute; stir in the confectioners' sugar and the vanilla extract. Continue to whip until the cream forms stiff peaks. Refrigerate the whipped cream while you mix the pudding.

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Powdered Sugar

Vanilla Extract

Cream

Whipped Cream

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Pour the pudding mixes and the milk into a mixing bowl and stir until creamy. Fold in the whipped cream.

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Whipped Cream

Milk

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Spread the filling over the cooled crust and refrigerate.

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Crust

Place the chopped chocolate in a heat-proof bowl. Bring 1 cup of cream almost to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat.

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Chocolate

Cream

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Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and allow it to soften for 1 minute.

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Chocolate

Cream

Whisk the mixture until smooth.

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Let the mixture cool slightly to thicken, about 10 minutes.

Pour the ganache over the cream filling, spreading to cover the entire surface. Return the pan to the refrigerator and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

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